Show-case.



No; 634,70l. .1. PETZ. ratenmu oct; I0, 1899."

SHOW CA$E.- 1

(Application filed Apr. 19, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STAT S PATE T OF ICE.

JOHN-PETZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN PHILLIPS, OF :SAME PLACE. I

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,701, dated. Qctober 10, 1899.

am filed April 12, 1899.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN PETZ, a citizen of l the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigamhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Cases, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to show-cases of that class which are provided with transparent front and top and such as are usually employed in stores for thedisplay of goods.

It is the object of my invention to provide means for brilliantly illuminating the interior of the case without permitting the direct rays from the light used for that purpose to pass out through the transparent from and top, thereby preventing the annoyance to both customer and salesman produced by the blinding glare of the light when it is exposed to direct view. 7

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction of a show-case having a frame-rail provided with a depending flange or shield and a lamp or other illuminant arranged to have a portion of its direct rays cut ed by said shield, and thereby prevented from passing out through the transparent plates.

The invention further consists in the com structi0n,-combination, and arrangement of the various parts, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed. g

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectionalperspective view of my case. Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the case, showing a slightlymodified construction; Fig.3 is an enlarged section through the frame-rail 0f the case,also slightly modified; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line m as, Fig. 3.

A is a show-case of usual construction, except as hereinafter described, comprising the glass or transparent front plate aand top plate I). These plates are preferably secured in place by being seated at their edges in top and bottom rails constituting the framework of the case. The front top rail B of this frame is recessed on its inner edge, forming a groove or channel in which lamps for illuminating the case may be placed; I preferably form this recess or channel, as shown in Fig. 3 of the'drawings, by channeling out the framescribed.

Serial No. 712,773. (No model.)

rail, so as to leave the do wnwardly projecting flange c on its inner side, which forms the shield for preventing the rays from the light passing out through the top plate of the case.

The shield for the front plate is preferably formed by a separate strip 01, secured to the rail, and this strip mayalso form the securing means for holding said front plate to its rail.

The lights which I preferably employ for illuminating the case are'incandescent electric lamps, which are preferably of a cylindrical shape, so as to fit within the groove. The sockets for these lamps may be secured in any suitable manner to the rail, and the wires extend preferably in channels 2-, formed along the upper face of the groove in the rail.

In order to prevent the heating efiect of the lamps upon the case, I preferably arrange a heat-shield O, which is formed of a strip ex- I tending longitudinally along the upper face of the groove in the rail and provided with ribs f, which hold it separated slightly from the rail, and thus form air-spaces between,

which greatly assist in forming a heat-insulator.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings I show a modifi cation in which the shields for the lamp instead of being formed integral with the rail consist of the plates 9 and 77., secured to the rail and surrounding the lamps sulficiently to prevent any direct ray therefrom passing out through either top or front of the case.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a' show-case, the combination with the. direct rays of said lamp from passing out from the case. 7

2. In a show-case, the combination with transparent top and front plates, of a'framerail to which the adjacent edges of said plates are secured having a recess formed'therein, 5 and an electric lamp orotherilluminant placed in said recess forthe purpose de- 3. In ashow-case, the combination with transparent top and front plates of a framewe rail to whichthe adjacent edges of said plates are secured, the inner portions of said rail being formed with a longitudinal groove or channel, and a series of electric lamps or other illuminants placed in said groove for the purpose described.

rail to which the adjacent edges of said plates are secured having a longitudinal groove or channel formed in its inner portion, a liningstrip secured within said groove separated from the walls thereof to form an air-space and a series of electric lamps secured Within said groove forthe purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PETZ.

W'itnesses:

M. B. ODOGHERTY, H. C. SMITH. 

